Combination machine stand and drawer



J. R. SHOWERS COMBINATION MACHINE STAND AND DRAW Filed Sept. 25, 1920INVENTOR. fosz/w A? 5/7041/5615 Patented Jan. 12, 1926.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFIFICE."

JOSEPH a. sHowEns, or SHELBYVILLE, INDIANA, nssieNoit; BY manor- ANDMESH}! AssIeNMEN'rs, To INDIANA CASH DRAWER COMPANY, OF sHnLBYvILLn, IN-v DIANA, CORPORATION OF INDIANA.

COMBINATION MACHINE STAND DRAWER.

' Application filed September 25, 1920. Serial- No. 412,694.

To aZZ whom it may concern: v

Be it known that I, Josnrn It. SHOWERS, a citizen'of the United States,and a resident of Shelbyville, county of Shelby, and State of Indiana.have invented a certain new and useful Combinatibn Machine Stand andDrawer; and Ido hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, andexact description thereof, reference beinghad to the accompanyingdrawings, in which like numerals refer to like parts. 4

This invention relates to a combination recording machineand moneydrawer, and has for its object to provide a simple means for utilizingthe ordinary adding machine, billingmachine, or any other recordingmachine of that character, as a cash register.

W herean adding machine is installed in the business house, insteadofits use being limited to manipulated figures only, it may be set upon amoney drawer which is provided with means for causing the money drawerto be unlocked and opened upon the, recording'of the figuresrepresentingthe sale, thereby giving substantially the same service as a cashregister. 'When it is desired to use the machine as an adding machine orthe like, a small plunger is removed and the machine may be operated inthat capacity without affecting the money drawer or removin ittherefrom.

The main feature 0 the invention. consists in mounting the recordingmachine, I such as anaddmg or calculating mach1ne,

operated.

Another feature of the invention is the means for arranging the cashdrawer opening'mechanism, whereby it will not be operated by the machineupon the recording of the figures, but will remain locked. By

. means of this arrangement, the recording machine may be used for thepurpose origi-- U nally designated, adding, recording, billing orcalculating'without affecting the cash drawer.

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i The full nature of the invention will be understood from theaccompanying drawings and the following description and the drawer inclosed position and mech- V anism for opening the same. Fig. 3 is thesame as Fig. 2-showingthe drawer in open position. Fig. 4 is a plan viewshowing the drawer in closed position, taken on line 4-4 of Fig. 2.-- i

In the drawings thereis shown a cash drawer chest or cabinet 10 in whicha cash drawer 11 is adapted tosl-ide. Removably mounted uponthe cabinet,there is shown herein an adding machine 12 of a well known type incommon use which is provided with a plurality of keys 13 designated bynumerals and adapted to print the correspondingnumerals u on the paper1; carried upon the ,roll 15. Kfter the keys 13 are pressed forprinting, they remain in that position until the crank 16 is operated bythe handle 17 for printing and releasing the keys. The I adding machineshown in Fig. 1 may be replaced by a billing or calculating machine, orany. other machine of that class by-means of numerals are recorded.

The sliding money drawer'mounted in the cabinet 10 is arranged to beforced outwardly by means of a lever 18 pivoted at which one end on thebracket 19 secured to the backof the cabinet, said lever being forcedoutwardly under pressure of the compression'spring 20. The rounded end21 of the lever is adapted to'engage against the rear of the drawer,whereby upon the drawer being released, the spring 20 will cause saidlever to force it outwardly, and uponthe drawer being pushed back, thearm 18 will be engaged and the spring compressed in the position shownin Flgs. 2 and 4. The drawer is locked in closed position by means of alatch bar 22 whic is pivoted to the top of the cabinet at 23 and is pronvided at oneend with aremovable plunger 24 which'is provided with a head25. Said plunger extends through the to of the 'de mem r 26 in positionto be engage by the crank 16 i as follows when it is brought down to theposition showncin Fig. 3 for operating. The free end of the latch bar 22is in position to engage the back of the drawer, as shown in Figs. 2 andl when the drawer is closed inga sale, the amount of thesalc is recordedby pressing the corresponding keys 13 and then pulling the crank 16 downuntil the amount indicated uponsaid keys is printed upon the paper strip14 and said crank engages the head 25 of the rearwardly inclined plunger21. Upon engage ment therewith, the latch bar 22. is tilted up and theback of the drawer disengaged thereby. his will permit the drawer to beforced outwardly by the compression. spring 20 acting against the lever18. The crank 16 is then released and the keys 18 take their normalposition and the drawer is opened while the amount of the sale isprinted upon the paper stnip 14. Upon the transaction being completed,the drawer is pushed back into the cabinet, compressing the spring 20until the latch bar 22 drops down over the inner edge of the back,whereby said drawer will be held in locked'position until anothertransaction is made. When it is desired to ascertain the total amount ofall sales made, the usual total-key is pressed upon the adding ma-.chine, if it be that type of machine, and

the crank manipulated, whereby the total' amount will appear upon thepaper strip 14 and the-cash drawer will be opened for counting the moneytherein.

When it is desired that the machine be used for other purposes,especially those purposes for which it was originally intended, theplunger 24 may be removed from the guide 26 and the machine operatedwithout aiiecting the cash drawer in the usual manner.

The invention claimed is: 1. The combination with an adding machineincluding an oscillatory pull lever, said lever having an eye at one endconnected to the o crating shaft of the machine and a hail e at itsopposite free end; of a cash drawer unit on which said machine rests,said unit having a drawer, and drawer operating mechanism including atrip element and a pin, said pin arranged in the path of said lever forbeing struck on its end by the lever at a point of the lever between thehandle and eye.

2. A cabinet unit for supporting a crank handle operated register, saidunit comprising a money-drawer and latching means therefor both withinthe cabinet. in combination' with a readily removable plunger projectingthrough an opening in thetop of the cabinet, said plunger arrangedwithin the path of the crank handle to operate said means during thelast part of the downward movement of the handle.

3. A unit for supporting a crank handle operated register, said unitcomprising a cabinet, a drawer fitted therein and latching means forsaid drawer, in combination with a rearwardly inclined readily removable pin arranged in the path of said crank handle and projectingthrough the top of said cabinet for operating said latching means.

4. A unit for supporting a separate, in-

dependent, crank handle operated register,

wall of the drawer when closed and whose rear end forms an abutment ,forsaid wall, and a removable pin passing through the top of said cabinetandwhose lower end rests on the front end of said lever and whose upperend is arranged in the path of the crank handle to be struck thereby.

'5. A cabinet unit for supporting a register that is disconnected fromand independent of the unit, said register having an exterior operatingelement, said unit comprising a casing, a drawer'in the casing, latchingmeans for the drawer also in the casing and a pin movable through thetop of said casing for operating said latching -means, said pin spacedfrom, disconnected from and out of contact with all partsof said elementand register when said element is not operated, but arranged to bestruck on- ,its end by said element when actuated to JOSEPH R. SHONVERS.

